1959 Bowling Green Falcons football team

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
1959 Bowling Green Falcons football
Conference Mid-American Conference
Record 9–0 (6–0 MAC)
Head coach
MVP Bob Colburn
Captain Bob Colburn, Bob Zimpfer
Home stadium University Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Bowling Green $ 6 – 0 – 0     9 – 0 – 0
Ohio 4 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Miami (OH) 3 – 2 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Kent State 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 3 – 0
Western Michigan 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Marshall 1 – 4 – 0     1 – 8 – 0
Toledo 0 – 6 – 0     2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1959 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Doyt Perry, the Falcons compiled a perfect 9–0 record (6–0 against MAC opponents), won the MAC championship, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 274 to 83.[1] The team was voted by the United Press International Board of Coaches as the 1959 national small college champion.[2] The team was inducted as a group into the Bowling Green Hall of Fame in 2013.[3]

The team's statistical leaders were Bob Colburn with 788 passing yards, Chuck Comer with 361 rushing yards, and Bernie Casey with 264 receiving yards.[4] Colburn and tackle Bob Zimpfer were selected by the UPI as first-team All-Ohio players.[5] Colburn received the team's Most Valuable Player award.[6] Jack Harbaugh, who later gained fame as a football coach, set a school record with three interceptions in the November 14 game against No. 1 Delaware.[7][8]

Schedule

Script error: No such module "CFB schedule". [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 2016 Media Guide, p. 141.
  4. ↑ 2016 Media Guide, p. 133.
  5. ↑ 2016 Media Guide, p. 139.
  6. ↑ 2016 Media Guide, p. 140.
  7. ↑ 2016 Media Guide, p. 123.
  8. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Del59
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Stub icon

This college football 1950s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=1959_Bowling_Green_Falcons_football_team&oldid=727336958"